----- Original Message -----
From: Alan B. Pearce <A.B.Pearce@RL.AC.UK>
> Perhaps the following points need to be added
>
> 11.    Picstart Plus machines need to be upgraded periodically to keep up
> with the new processors

Might as well spec the chip needed too.  I know it's in my manual
somewhere...

> 12.    Power supplies for the PicStart Plus periodically need their
> electrolytics changing to stop problems as recommended by Roman.

Huh?

> 13.    Your PicStart Plus may not communicate with a fast processor. Keep
a
> slow machine around as your programmer!

How fast?  What does system CPU speed matter to the serial port?  Is it
because uC is still sticking to Win16 binaries rather than keeping up with a
more accepted Windows API for the newer systems?  Or is it that motherboard
makers are pulling out certain backward compatibilities?

Jeff

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